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  PAPIO 
  

  

  when 
  opportunity 
  offers 
  ; 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  its 
  range 
  where 
  Krantzes 
  are 
  

   few 
  it 
  even 
  sleeps 
  in 
  trees. 
  It 
  associates 
  in 
  troops 
  of 
  varying 
  numbers, 
  

   up 
  to 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  individuals 
  ; 
  when 
  moving 
  from 
  place 
  to 
  place 
  

   the 
  old 
  males 
  are 
  usually 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  outskirts, 
  and 
  always 
  form 
  a 
  rear 
  

   guard; 
  also 
  when 
  resting 
  a 
  sentinel 
  or 
  two 
  is 
  always 
  placed 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  

   rock 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  warn 
  the 
  troop 
  of 
  approaching 
  danger. 
  

  

  "They 
  rest 
  at 
  night 
  in 
  crevices 
  of 
  the 
  Krantzes, 
  coming 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  

   day 
  only. 
  They 
  are 
  frequently 
  captured 
  by 
  surrounding 
  their 
  lairs 
  

   before 
  daylight, 
  when 
  all 
  are 
  asleep. 
  The 
  chief 
  enemy 
  of 
  the 
  baboon 
  

   apart 
  from 
  man 
  is 
  the 
  leopard, 
  which, 
  however, 
  seems 
  to 
  confine 
  his 
  

   attention 
  to 
  females 
  and 
  young 
  ones, 
  as 
  an 
  adult 
  old 
  male 
  would 
  

   probably 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  match 
  even 
  for 
  a 
  leopard. 
  

  

  "The 
  pace 
  of 
  a 
  baboon 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  rapid 
  ; 
  on 
  level 
  ground 
  they 
  can 
  

   easily 
  be 
  overhauled 
  by 
  ordinary 
  dogs, 
  but 
  in 
  rough 
  country 
  and 
  on 
  

   hillsides 
  they 
  can 
  hold 
  their 
  own 
  with 
  great 
  ease. 
  They 
  move 
  with 
  the 
  

   first 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  somewhat 
  up-curved, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  two-thirds 
  hang- 
  

   ing 
  straight 
  down. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  cry 
  of 
  this 
  animal 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  hoarse 
  bark, 
  and 
  is 
  compared 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  Moseley, 
  who 
  observed 
  their 
  habits 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  

   Simons 
  Town, 
  to 
  a 
  German 
  'hoch' 
  much 
  prolonged. 
  

  

  "The 
  baboon 
  may 
  be 
  described 
  as 
  omnivorous 
  ; 
  the 
  fruit 
  and 
  leaves 
  

   of 
  the 
  prickly 
  pear, 
  the 
  more 
  thorny 
  ones 
  being 
  preferred, 
  wild 
  fruits, 
  

   berries, 
  and 
  bulbs, 
  and 
  the 
  white 
  sweetish 
  pith 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  

   aloes 
  form 
  a 
  great 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  diet. 
  Insects, 
  scorpions, 
  centipedes 
  and 
  even 
  

   lizards 
  are 
  eagerly 
  sought 
  after 
  by 
  turning 
  over 
  loose 
  stones, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   Distant 
  relates 
  how 
  when 
  first 
  searching 
  for 
  insects 
  in 
  the 
  Transvaal, 
  

   he 
  was 
  intensely 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  stones 
  turned 
  over 
  before 
  his 
  arrival, 
  

   as 
  if 
  some 
  other 
  'geodephagous 
  coleopterist 
  had 
  anticipated 
  him' 
  ; 
  

   this 
  he 
  afterwards 
  found 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  insect-searching 
  attributes 
  

   of 
  the 
  baboons. 
  

  

  "Mr. 
  Cloete 
  informs 
  me," 
  says 
  Mr. 
  Sclater, 
  "that 
  wild 
  honey 
  is 
  

   also 
  a 
  favorite 
  article 
  of 
  diet, 
  he 
  has 
  himself 
  observed 
  a 
  male 
  Chacma 
  

   robbing 
  a 
  bee's 
  nest 
  in 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  ; 
  the 
  method 
  pursued 
  by 
  the 
  

   animal 
  was 
  to 
  rush 
  at 
  the 
  nest, 
  seize 
  a 
  comb, 
  and 
  after 
  dropping 
  it 
  a 
  

   few 
  times 
  and 
  rolling 
  it 
  about 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  bees 
  off, 
  to 
  carry 
  it 
  away 
  a 
  

   short 
  distance 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  devour 
  it 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  

   infuriated 
  bees. 
  

  

  "The 
  baboons 
  cause 
  great 
  annoyance 
  to 
  the 
  farmers; 
  they 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  devastate 
  orchards 
  and 
  fruit 
  gardens, 
  they 
  suck 
  and 
  devour 
  

  

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